On the Eve of Thirty

I've had a nice, intentional blog break, mainly because each night that I would sit down to do my weekly post, I'd decide I didn't feel like doing it.  But, I couldn't let turning 30 go by unnoticed.

Tomorrow I enter a new decade.  One that seems to cause people to cry, mourn, and tell others that you start to fall apart.  I'm feeling good about 30.  That's the honest to goodness truth, not just something I'm typing while crying over my laptop.  I'm looking forward to what 30, and the years that follow, have in store.  In a Facebook picture comment today, I said that we {Ned and I} had done a lot in our twenties: college graduation, jobs, marriage, babies, building a house, etc., etc.  My thirties are going to be a time to enjoy it all, and possibly do it all a little better.

The new year came and went without any mention of resolutions, because I just don't do those.  But the new year and new decade are going to have several focus areas.

FAMILY - more intentional time

PRAYER - regular worship service, daily devotionals

HEALTH - more fruits and vegetables, exercise, perhaps Couch to 5k {I'm laughing as I consider that one}

ME - putting some focus back on myself, saying no, time constraints on being the bigger person {Ned's recommendation}

FRIENDSHIP - cultivating the ones that count and letting go of the ones that don't in response to answered prayer in 2012

 My last day in my twenties couldn't have been better.  I was home with my sweet babies all day, we had a pizza dinner, and Ned is doing the weekly grocery shopping as I type.  And the icing on the cake was a phone call from my mom, the first in almost 6 weeks.  She said she wanted to talk to me, but I think there was a hidden agenda of checking on Sam, who's been under the weather for a few days.  I have been praying and waiting for a phone conversation, as they were daily occurrences before her stroke.  On Instagram today, Blue Eyed Bride posted a devotional page reading "Trusting acceptance of trials brings blessings that far outweigh them all (Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young).  The book was immediately downloaded to my Kindle, but I can already tell it may be one I need to hold in my hands.  God has provided a decade full of blessings and lessons, and I know He has big things in store for the decade to come.